A few posts ago I talked about Lord Carnarvon, I thought today I would share a bit about Howard Carter.

Howard Carter was born on the 9th of May 1874 to Samuel Carter and Martha Joyce (Sands) Carter.
He had his first taste of Egypt at the age of 17 in 1891 when he was sent there by the Egypt Exploration Fund to assist Percy Newberry in excavating and recording tombs at Beni Hasan.
In 1899 Howard was appointed the first Chief Inspector of the Egyptian Antiquities Service and he supervised a number of excavations in Thebes before he was transferred in 1904 to Lower Egypt.

In 1905 Howard resigned from the Antiquities Service after an incident with some french tourists at Saqqara.    

In 1907 Howard was employed by Lord Carnarvon who financed his work from this time with a break from 1914 until 1917 due to the First World War.
On the 4th November 1922 the Tomb of Tutankhamen was discovered and work on the tomb continued through until 1932.

Howard Carter died of lymphoma in Kensington, London on2 March 1939 at the age of 64 and was buried at Putney Vale Cemetery in London.
On his headstone is written 'May your spirit live, May you spend millions of years, You who loves Thebes, Sitting with your face to the north wind, Your eyes beholding happiness' and 'Oh night, spread thy wings over me as  the imperishable stars' 





Howard Carter. Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain

Howard Carter and the young Pharaoh he brought back to life

 Statue of Tutankhamen as the god Amun, Karnak temple